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Orange County Indexed

Jury: Stephen Madden

February 1779 · Orange County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions

The sheriff returned eighteen jurors, headed by Sackville Brewer; they received their charge, with Stephen Madden as constable.

Kind of business
Jury
Court
February 1779 term
People
Grand jury
Sackville Brewer; Charles Johnston; Thomas Cate; James Craig; John Gattis; John Wood; John Boothe; John Forrest; James McAdams; Henry ODaniel; Benj. Blake; Gilbert Strahorn; James Minnis; John Hopkins; John Taylor; Abraham Whitticar; George Newton; Thomas Meredith

Names and places are given as the source writes them. This record has not been checked against the original minute book.

Where to find it

  • Folio and page 30-61½
  • Published abstract: Alma Cheek Redden, Abstracts of the Minutes of the Inferior Court of Pleas & Quarter Sessions of Orange County, N.C., 1777–1788, page 31 (Orange County Public Library, NC 929.375 HAU)
  • Original: State Archives of North Carolina, Orange County court minutes (CR.073.301).
  • Microfilm at the Orange County Public Library, Wall Local History Collection: reel 30002, “County Court Minutes, 1777–1795” (State Archives film).
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